How to shake off escorts in 1944 - Page 2

SubConscious · 07-15-12, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Flyingrodent

I'm glad the game is accurate as well because it's all part of the fun. I'd like to be part of the 20% survivors though so the day I escape a 1944 escort I'll be jumping around like a loony! I might even dress up in a grass skirt, wear makeup and dance to 'music' played on pipes and tin cans!

That's exactly the way I feel about it. Just surviving is a significant accomplishment!

Rhodes · 07-15-12, 06:03 PM

Be More Aggressive!

u crank · 07-15-12, 06:13 PM

Three rules for 1944:

1. Don't get detected.

2. Don't get detected.

3. If you are detected, bend over, put head between legs and kiss your backside good bye.

Flyingrodent · 07-16-12, 11:53 AM

Just got back from my first patrol with the new sonar covering and I managed to escape escorts a couple of times. The weather was really bad as well so that would have made life more difficult for the escorts as well. So first impressions is that the updated sonar covering helps evading escorts but it will be really put to the test when I'm pursued on a calm day.

Iron Budokan · 07-16-12, 06:10 PM

I'm another one of those who have never made it to 1944. August 1943 is the best I have ever done.

Kpt. Lehmann · 07-17-12, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by codmander

Sink...

OY! Codmander... I nearly fell out of my chair laughing! Got coffee everywhere!

codmander · 07-20-12, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

OY! Codmander... I nearly fell out of my chair laughing! Got coffee everywhere!

Glad I could help

nothin like a good belly laugh with some nostrial coffee

Hangman · 07-21-12, 02:53 PM

I too have never made it to 1944, but I have hopes of someday getting there.
If GWX was modeled to get some historical value, then it would be a good idea to radio in your contact BEFORE you attack. Perhaps other u-boats will get the message and come to your rescue in a wolf-pack (that's my hope anyway, I don't know if it'll work or not).
My practice in running from escorts is to go in the direction the convoy came from. By doing this, you open the distance between the escorts and the convoy, thus making your time in hell a bit less. They don't like leaving the convoy unprotected. You lose your chances at a second run on the convoy, but you increase your chances of survival to attack a different convoy, perhaps a better convoy, on perhaps a better day.

Hinrich Schwab · 07-21-12, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by u crank

Three rules for 1944:

1. Don't get detected.

2. Don't get detected.

3. If you are detected, bend over, put head between legs and kiss your backside good bye.

This is the truth. After late 1943, it is no longer about getting tonnage, it is about surviving the patrol. If your boat doesn't have a snorkel...well...

07-15-12, 06:03 PM	#17
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,517 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Be More Aggressive! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

07-15-12, 06:13 PM	#18
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,745 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Three rules for 1944: 1. Don't get detected. 2. Don't get detected. 3. If you are detected, bend over, put head between legs and kiss your backside good bye. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

07-16-12, 06:10 PM	#20
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I'm another one of those who have never made it to 1944. August 1943 is the best I have ever done. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

07-21-12, 02:53 PM	#23
Hangman Bosun Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: North of the 37th Parallel Posts: 68 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I too have never made it to 1944, but I have hopes of someday getting there. If GWX was modeled to get some historical value, then it would be a good idea to radio in your contact BEFORE you attack. Perhaps other u-boats will get the message and come to your rescue in a wolf-pack (that's my hope anyway, I don't know if it'll work or not). My practice in running from escorts is to go in the direction the convoy came from. By doing this, you open the distance between the escorts and the convoy, thus making your time in hell a bit less. They don't like leaving the convoy unprotected. You lose your chances at a second run on the convoy, but you increase your chances of survival to attack a different convoy, perhaps a better convoy, on perhaps a better day. __________________ Hangman

07-16-12, 11:53 AM	#19
Flyingrodent Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 9 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Just got back from my first patrol with the new sonar covering and I managed to escape escorts a couple of times. The weather was really bad as well so that would have made life more difficult for the escorts as well. So first impressions is that the updated sonar covering helps evading escorts but it will be really put to the test when I'm pursued on a calm day.